Protesters made Koizumi silent

Two day in a row protest over Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi had one obvious effect, silence. When being asked if he plans to visit Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, Mr. Koizumi, unusually didn't put out his statment that He would make his own judgement, but prefer to ignore the question.

The time I write this post, (by the way, it is also the Beyond Yasukuni's 200th posts, what a coincidence!), Both Japan and China has entered August 15th. China has tigthed security around Japan's embassy in Shenyang, and South Korea's President Noh put out a strong warning, when people wake up, they will see whether Mr. Koizumi will go to Yasukuri or not.